What are you paying for rent this year?

becksy

What kind of rent prices did people get this year? I'm hearing everywhere that rent has gone way down but when it came to looking for accommodation I found that private accommodation was still the same as last year nevermind student accommodation (rip off). I managed to get a place for 80 a week but it's nothing special, it's out Salthill direction and includes nothing (bins, tv licence etc) so feeling like I got ripped off even though it's meant to be a tenants market! Had a better deal last year!

Fionn MacCool

52 a week excl bills in the Rahoon area.

leverarch12

90 a week in Newcastle area for a fairly big house and thats for a double room think the single rooms in the house are around 70-75 and that includes bins, tv licence, ntl and broadband but not esb!

JennyMaguire

€105 in Cuirt na Coiribe, I must be mad! Anyone else living there this year?

becksy

JennyMaguire wrote: »

€105 in Cuirt na Coiribe, I must be mad! Anyone else living there this year?

Ya that's mad expensive nowadays. Still it's one of the nicest accommodation around!!

leverarch12 wrote: »

90 a week in Newcastle area for a fairly big house and thats for a double room think the single rooms in the house are around 70-75 and that includes bins, tv licence, ntl and broadband but not esb!

I guess that goes to show I am getting ripped off!! Did you find it hard to find the house? In theory there's supposed to be way more accommodation around but I didn't notice that when I was looking! :rolleyes:

praiseach

well im paying 67 for a double room in tirellan but that includes nothing. i think youll never get exactly what you want, if its 80 euro a week its prob near college but in a really ****ty old house with no electric shower or 60 for a house out in the sticks with all mod cons. i dont think there is a happy medium unless you are really really lucky

loveissucide

I'm paying 75 quid a week for Castlelawn,decent but need to sort my own internet out.

Carsinian Thau

loveissucide wrote: »

I'm paying 75 quid a week for Castlelawn,decent but need to sort my own internet out.

I've a friend that used Chorus when setting up their own internet in Galway.

They got on pretty well.

Castlelawn is a nice place btw.

leverarch12

becksy wrote: »

I guess that goes to show I am getting ripped off!! Did you find it hard to find the house? In theory there's supposed to be way more accommodation around but I didn't notice that when I was looking! :rolleyes:

Didnt find it too hard to get a house, would have preferred the city but they were all tiny and in pretty bad condition! i know 90e certainly isnt the cheapest around but the house is lovely and the rooms are huge. And i really wanted to be less than 10 mins walk from college!

Carsinian Thau

leverarch12 wrote: »

And i really wanted to be less than 10 mins walk from college!

That will make a lot of difference on rainy days.


I'm in Centrepoint so I have bloody miles to go...

loveissucide

Carsinian Thau wrote: »

I've a friend that used Chorus when setting up their own internet in Galway.

They got on pretty well.

Castlelawn is a nice place btw.

Yeah,I really like the area.

becksy

loveissucide wrote: »

I'm paying 75 quid a week for Castlelawn,decent but need to sort my own internet out.

I lived there last year, loved the area but the walk to college really sucks in bad weather with the dyke road flooding, the mucky walk up the hill and crossing that bridge no umbrella survives it ! You should try o2 for internet, costs only 13euro a month for students

One house I went to see down the road from Sally Longs was 80 euro a week, and the kitchen, one of the bedrooms and bathroom was actually a shed very badly converted, still had the plastic roofing! So at least my place ain't that bad

Carsinian Thau

becksy wrote: »

crossing that bridge no umbrella survives it

I only lost one umbrella last year to that bridge.


Mainly because I stop buying them after I lost the first one.

And, a lot of people think there's something weird about a guy using an umbrella...

wobbles-grogan

Nothing wrong with guy's using umberellas!

I always found that assumption to be hilarious, i reguarlaly brought my umbrella to college, just incase it rained, and always got odd looks, then one day it poured out o the heavens and everyone else was soaked. Thay day, everyone stopped with the odd looks!

snubbleste

Anyone see the ad on daft for a single room ensuite in newcastle for €450 pm or €300 pm sharing? It states it's a new apt. www.daft.ie/3539223
Some people have their heads in the clouds!

Haggle hard on your rent payments stoodents!

mandinka

damn i think i an gettin ripped off, 115 a week in snipe avenue..

wobbles-grogan

author=snubbleste Anyone see the ad on daft for a single room ensuite in newcastle for €450 pm or €300 pm sharing? It states it's a new apt. www.daft.ie/3539223
Some people have their heads in the clouds!

Haggle hard on your rent payments stoodents!

Man thats mental, nothins worth that money, and lookin at the pics that isn even worth high 300's a month. Somethin 350 and less would be suitable...

Mayoegian

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Man thats mental, nothins worth that money, and lookin at the pics that isn even worth high 300's a month. Somethin 350 and less would be suitable...

It's across the road from the College, and it would be about €110 a week. I guess the location is playing a huge factor there.

MedHead

Well Im paying €75 weekly for a double room in Shantalla (around the corner form the CSI) with refuse and tv included. Oil/gas is €100 for the year with esb and broadband extra. House is in good nick, bit dated but has all the necessary stuff.

gaeilgegrinds

I charged 55 a week for my single room last year, was only looking for 50 this year but didn't take any of the students that came to look at it this year yet. It's 5 mins from the college and in a big house with their own tv in their room, also I had food ready each evening if they fancied it. Had a guy in last year, lovely first year, will miss him. Ludicrious to be expecting too much, I find out tenants are nicer when you don't rip them off!

becksy

MedHead wrote: »

Well Im paying €75 weekly for a double room in Shantalla (around the corner form the CSI) with refuse and tv included. Oil/gas is €100 for the year with esb and broadband extra. House is in good nick, bit dated but has all the necessary stuff.

I don't think 100euro oil is going to last you for the year, in a house with three people last year oil cost us 400 each :P

gaeilgegrinds wrote: »

I charged 55 a week for my single room last year, was only looking for 50 this year but didn't take any of the students that came to look at it this year yet. It's 5 mins from the college and in a big house with their own tv in their room, also I had food ready each evening if they fancied it. Had a guy in last year, lovely first year, will miss him. Ludicrious to be expecting too much, I find out tenants are nicer when you don't rip them off!

Where were you when I was looking?

snubbleste

Mayoegian wrote: »

It's across the road from the College, and it would be about €110 a week. I guess the location is playing a huge factor there.

Eh no, it would'nt be worth €110 a week but I'm sure someone will pay it.
That's simply excessive

MedHead

becksy wrote: »

I don't think 100euro oil is going to last you for the year, in a house with three people last year oil cost us 400 each :P

really, that seems seriously high. OUr shower is electric though so that should help take some of the cost down.

MedHead

snubbleste wrote: »

Eh no, it would'nt be worth €110 a week but I'm sure someone will pay it.
That's simply excessive

Unless its including bills, like I paid €110 weekly last year in Dúnaras. Bet someone will pay it though.

Mayoegian

snubbleste wrote: »

Eh no, it would'nt be worth €110 a week but I'm sure someone will pay it.
That's simply excessive

I never said the room was worth that. I said that's about the cost of it.

becksy

MedHead wrote: »

really, that seems seriously high. OUr shower is electric though so that should help take some of the cost down.

We had an electric shower too. Talking to other people they were paying around 900-1000 per house on oil for the nine months, for us we were getting 300 in every 12 weeks Oil works out cheaper than electric heating, the only problem I found with it is sometimes when it runs out your housemates mighn't want to spend the money getting it in straight away and you could end up freezing your arse off in the middle of December!

genericgoon

240 pm for a single room in Castlelawn Heights excluding bills. Living with 2 friends and one randomer so happy enough with that.

MedHead

becksy wrote: »

We had an electric shower too. Talking to other people they were paying around 900-1000 per house on oil for the nine months, for us we were getting 300 in every 12 weeks Oil works out cheaper than electric heating, the only problem I found with it is sometimes when it runs out your housemates mighn't want to spend the money getting it in straight away and you could end up freezing your arse off in the middle of December!

Well worst case scenario it just means wearing an extra hoody! :P Hopefully we'll be able to economise on heating and stuff, like we all have the same timetable so it should be easy to set up a timer and stuff. What were ESB bills working out at last year?

becksy

MedHead wrote: »

Well worst case scenario it just means wearing an extra hoody! :P Hopefully we'll be able to economise on heating and stuff, like we all have the same timetable so it should be easy to set up a timer and stuff. What were ESB bills working out at last year?

Usually around 90euro every two months so not too bad!

Typewriter Tip

becksy wrote: »

What kind of rent prices did people get this year? I'm hearing everywhere that rent has gone way down but when it came to looking for accommodation I found that private accommodation was still the same as last year nevermind student accommodation (rip off). I managed to get a place for 80 a week but it's nothing special, it's out Salthill direction and includes nothing (bins, tv licence etc) so feeling like I got ripped off even though it's meant to be a tenants market! Had a better deal last year!

Ya, i was worried i got ripped off too, but i'm paying the same 80 a week excl. oil,esb, internet etc. at cookes corner, i'll have another haggle with the landlord before we sign the lease though but i doubt i'll make any improvement!

wobbles-grogan

mwahahahaaaa,

mwahahahahaha to you all with your castlelawn and dunaras and what not

€75 per week (315 a month) in, and wait for this, the waterfront apartments! Right beside the living room for those wo dont know. Electric heating, electric shower etc, but still, very cheap for the location! YAY

Niamhf

I'll be in Cuirt na Coiribe too!! Looks lovely!! Moving from Kildare so it will be a big change!!!

Weidii

Paying 75 a week for a house in the City centre, doesn't include any bills though.

becksy

Typewriter Tip wrote: »

Ya, i was worried i got ripped off too, but i'm paying the same 80 a week excl. oil,esb, internet etc. at cookes corner, i'll have another haggle with the landlord before we sign the lease though but i doubt i'll make any improvement!

You should definately play hardball, especially at this stage when everyone else has accommodation sorted and he might find it hard to get others in. Definately worth a shot!:rolleyes:

mr_november

im payin round 57euro a week for a house in glen dara with 3 friends excl bills...we're getting whatever oil is in the tank though;);)!!

We were told that if we took the house we would be taking it for the 2 years but that we could have it next summer free...i dont know if this is a good thing or not...any opinions?:cool::cool: I think if any of us want out they dont really mind as long as we get someone else in to replace us...

claireloopy

Think I got a bargain today single room in Yewland Green apartments for 65 a week. safe area 10 min walk to college

mink_man

finally claireloopy gets accom!

claireloopy

mink_man wrote: »

finally claireloopy gets accom!

ha yay!! I done good this year last year I didnt bother looking until college was a few weeks started . not fun :cool:

becksy

claireloopy wrote: »

Think I got a bargain today single room in Yewland Green apartments for 65 a week. safe area 10 min walk to college

I've never heard of that place what area is it in? Sounds like a good deal to me anyway

becksy

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

mwahahahaaaa,

mwahahahahaha to you all with your castlelawn and dunaras and what not

€75 per week (315 a month) in, and wait for this, the waterfront apartments! Right beside the living room for those wo dont know. Electric heating, electric shower etc, but still, very cheap for the location! YAY

Are you trying to rub it in wobbles-grogan? :rolleyes:

dmullins3

im payin 85 a month for college accomodation, not on campus but its great, beside westside shoppin centre so bit of a walk to college, really nice place, everyone that's been to the apt love it, im stayin there again this yr, books up fast though

wobbles-grogan

becksy wrote: »

Are you trying to rub it in wobbles-grogan? :rolleyes:

Why yes, yes i am

UnDeNiAbLe

sigh..... im paying around 108 per week...that seems like a rip off ....but the house is like in center of eyre square...on top of topshop...an its new an includes refuse ....im goin to first year this year so i dont know if thats a good deal or not (no previous experiences lol) does anyone know how far away this is from nui if you were walking?

xp90

Im bang in eyre square €100 a week

rose_2

im payin 340 pm in moyola park, paid 300pm last year out in rahoon direction so i think that extra 40 quid is worth it for the location....but i havent actually seen the house yet, left my housemate to it, so fingers crossed it'l be nice!!!! to the above poster the walk from topshop to college is fifteen mins at the very most(unless you're way over in the cairnes or sumthin) and its a grand walk, good location for goin out u wont hav to pay for taxis!!
whoever said we should haggle is wrong, my god the rent has come down all over the country but in galway the landlords still have all the power. A landlady we met this year wouldnt hold the house even for an afternoon til we gathered up a deposit cos she said she didnt need to she had plenty other offers!!!thank god this was my last year house hunting in galway...altho im gona miss it!! :(